Learn from the women in the inaugural WFDF Women’s Masters Division (WUGC) - support Ultimate Peace

11 July 2012

The women from each of the six teams competing in the inaugural edition of a Women’s Masters division of WUGC 2012 have created a Tips From the Masters Ultimate Deck full of skills, drills and expertise from some of the top women players in the world. With the purchase of each deck, $5 will be donated to Ultimate Peace an organization which builds bridges of friendship and understanding for youth from different social and cultural backgrounds around the world using the sport of Ultimate. Among the players featured in the deck are Miranda Roth (USA), Anja Haman (CAN), Hidemi Tominaga (Japan), Masami Tsutazawa (Japan), Nicole Cozens (Great Britain), and Kelli Browne (Australia). To order your Tips from the Masters Deck and support Ultimate Peace, visit the Ulticards fundraiser page .

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WUGC 2012 - Participating Nations

WUGC 2012 - News

Day 7 of the World Ultimate and Guts Championships has seen the first World Champions been crowned in the Guts Open division. Japan (red) won over USA 2-0. Japan (white) took the Bronze winning 2-0 over Australia. In the meantime the finals are played in the Masters divisions and USA took the Gold in the Women`s Masters division whilst Canada are the Champions in the Open Masters division. Open division, Women`s division and Mixed division finals will be played on Saturday in the main Stadium of J-Green Sakai.

Great Britain playing Australia in the Open division was in the end another game about the ability to score upwind. Great Britain took an early lead off of an upwind huck, but could not preserve it until halftime. Down 8-6 Australia ran off a string of 3 points to take half 9-8. Great Britain battled back, getting one upwind point in the second half, carrying that lead all the way to 14-13. Despite the Aussies having chances to get it back on the upwind, the Great Britain offense held for the 16-14 victory.

Two highly anticipated matches lived up to the hype, as the top of the power pools in the Open division did battle on day 5 of the WFDF 2012 World Ultimate and Guts Championships in Sakai. USA outlasted Australia in a dog fight, a game featuring multiple lead changes and stifling defenses. The Aussies held a 8-5 lead, but were unable to hold off an American run to half, and would find themselves down at half, 9-8. They never relented, fighting back to take the lead 16-15. After a USA hold, the Australians would have a shot to win Top seeds go to universe point, U.S. and Japan victorious. A receiver nearly came down with a low hammer throw in the end zone, but could not hang on, giving the USA a chance for the win. Robbie Cahill found separation on his man, but the throw from Mark Sherwood hung into the wind. As the disc pinballed between defender and receiver, it drifted to the back of the end zone where Sam Kanner would lay for the catch and the win.